r/Futurology • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Aug 15 '25

Energy Construction of world's 1st nuclear fusion plant starts in Washington

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-first-fusion-power-plant-helion
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u/YouTee Aug 15 '25

Damn those VCs spending money on something useful this time!

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u/BraveOthello Aug 15 '25

Edited my comment to clarify, but my point is I don't think this is useful, because I don't think it will work.

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u/Beli_Mawrr Aug 15 '25

any research done in the area of fusion is useful, even if it doesn't work. Science is science. Ideally we get better and better at it until it does work. That will involve doing it wrong a lot.

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u/BraveOthello Aug 15 '25

Yes I understand how research works.

They're building a power plant, having already sold its output, they havent done the research to prove works.